/**
* Remaps null fields to empty strings suitable for use in the client.
*
* @param genesDAO the instance to remap
* @return the same instance, with nulls remapped to empty strings.
*/
private GenesDAO remapNulls(GenesDAO genesDAO) {
// Re-map null fields to empty strings.
if (genesDAO != null) {
if (genesDAO.getCentimorgan() == null) genesDAO.setCentimorgan("");
if (genesDAO.getChromosome() == null) genesDAO.setChromosome("");
if (genesDAO.getCytoband() == null) genesDAO.setCytoband("");
if (genesDAO.getEnsembl_ref() == null) genesDAO.setEnsembl_ref("");
if (genesDAO.getFounder_line_number() == null) genesDAO.setFounder_line_number("");
if (genesDAO.getLast_change() == null) genesDAO.setLast_change("");
if (genesDAO.getMgi_ref() == null) genesDAO.setMgi_ref("");
if (genesDAO.getName() == null) genesDAO.setName("");
if (genesDAO.getPlasmid_construct() == null) genesDAO.setPlasmid_construct("");
if (genesDAO.getPromoter() == null) genesDAO.setPromoter("");
if (genesDAO.getSpecies() == null) genesDAO.setSpecies("");
if (genesDAO.getSymbol() == null) genesDAO.setSymbol("");
if (genesDAO.getUsername() == null) genesDAO.setUsername("");
}
return genesDAO;
}
